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Comment by 308541

Same loot as Darkwater Clams, but in larger amounts. Contains 3-5 Succulent Clam Meat, and possibly a Northsea Pearl or Siren's Tear. The meat is primarily used for Dalaran Clam Chowder, an existing Northrend recipe which is basically a single-serving version of the Great Feast.

So far, only known to be obtained by fishing in Wintergrasp. El says that the catch rate in Wintergrasp (using PTR info) is about 35% Nettlefish, 30% Glacial Salmon, 30% Musselback Sculpin, and 5% Giant Darkwater Clams; my experience has been similar. This is a lower catch rate than for Darkwater Clams in the Frozen Sea, but the amount of Clam Meat harvested would be the same or greater in Wintergrasp, and the Wintergrasp fish are quite useful and profitable, unlike the ocean fish. Just remember to watch your back and the "Next Battle: " timer.

Comment by evankimori

Hrm. Interesting. Blizzard seems to be attempting to encourage players to use the zone a bit more than just simply the PVP event and farming the elementals at the end of a battle.

That plus quite a few fishers in the zone during a battle will contribute to the respective faction's Tenacity buff.

Only thing is to find a quiet spot to fish without someone coming along and attacking you. That plus players complaining in the zone chat about people coming to farm and not assisting the fight in capturing the zone etc. Sort of like old AV all over again without the possible 'Deserter' debuff where players would come in to fish and not fight.

Comment by 238581

It seems there is a bug where the amount of clam meat yielded is sometimes more than reported (or possibly less, but I have yet to experience that). At least it stacks properly.

Comment by Vajk

Now that these (clams) are considered a 'spell' and not a 'container' there is no longer a listing of what the percentage drop is for the items inside, nor a list of WHAT is actually dropped from these clams. I see what is dropped from the clam from the post above, but what I mean is why were the items removed? If you look on a lockbox, it will still tell you what's inside and what % of time it is dropped. Why were the clams' contents removed from Wowhead?

Comment by Bovinity

I went ahead and collected 100 Giant Darkwater Clams over a weekend. These are the results:

408x Succulent Clam Meat
40x Northsea Pearls

...no Siren's Tear :(

Is getting a Siren's Tear out of a Giant Darkwater Clam really that rare or was I just unlucky? Who knows. What I know is that I will be eating a lot of chowder from now on ;)

Comment by 389812

Wintergrasp fish chances;
34% Glacial Salmon
32% Nettlefish
30% Musselback Sculpin
4% Giant Darkwater Clam

Giant Darkwater Clam containment chances;
400% Succulent Clam Meat
50% Northsea Pearl
5% Siren's Tear

So 4% chance a bite will result in receiving 4x Succulen Clam Meat, 2% chance a bite will result in receiving Northsea Pearl, and .008% chance a bite will result in receiving Siren's Tear while fishing in Wintergrasp.

From my experience of course. This is calculated with about 1,000 bites total, 5 hours of fishing.

Comment by 440737

The first two I ever opened got me 6 Succulent Clam Meat, 1 Northsea Pearl and 1 Siren's Tear.

RNG working as intended.

Comment by Labraid

I recently noticed that when opening these, it will sometimes say,

"you create: Succulent Clam Meat"
or
"you receive item: Succulent Clam Meat"

Not sure if it is supposed to change or vary but it does. Just a cute little fact I thought I'd post :D

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Giant Darkwater Clam

Item Level 80

Use: Open the clam!

Max Stack: 20

Sell Price: 4

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This item can be fished in Wintergrasp (367), Dragonblight (6), and Battle for Wintergrasp .

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